Now, the smoke is finally cleared
and I can see the wreckage of my past that lies about me
Now, it's all [bad word] so clear to me
and I have learned the [bad word] behind the lies
and seen the lies within the [bad word] Everything in context finally makes sense
I see the paths I've walked
Some I've paved myself
Some where I went gladly
Some against my will

I can leave behind the fear and doubt
and cast aside the shackles and the chains
of flawed assumptions I learned as a child
I can't let them distract me,
so I'm putting aside the memories
of the things I never had but thought I wanted
Now, my notions of what makes relationships have a new light
I have gained an understanding
No more false facades
Covering my feelings
Preventing a connection

I've been spending my whole life pursuing those who built this cell
Lamenting all the hateful things that happened to me
Never thought to look at how I might have played a part in what I am,
or what it means to lose the game before it starts
Now I know that I cannot turn back and change the past,
and that the only choice to save myself is changing what I carry from it
Everything I did to myself
Everything that's been done to me
I'll turn my back on that and walk away

And left with only me
At last I see the answer and what I need to be
Letting go, I destroy my shell
Embrace my heart and free myself

[A] The point of the search may not be the answer
The value of a want is not always a need
Still I stand, I'm not going to crawl
Now I know I've got to believe
[B] (Once I was a person without malice
Once my heart bled red instead of black
Openness and introspection now show me the way
to reclaim all I've lost and take it back)
[C] (You may have taken everything I ever had,
but you cannot take my future)
[D] (Just release yourself - x4)
(x2)

All I was and all that I'll ever be finally are integrated,
and I am whole again
Now I know the reason for this suffering,
and I'm a better person for having known the pain
And I am whole again (x3)
Now I know the reason for this suffering
And I am whole again (x2)
better person having [bad word] the pain